According to a report by Colliers International, India’s data centre footprint is likely to double to about 20 million square feet in three years, paced by exponential rise in data consumption, cloud adoption and policy overhaul.
The study estimates data centre capacity to double to around 1,500 MW by 2025 from the existing 770 MW. As per report, this forecast has prompted large conglomerates, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Adani Group, Oracle, Reliance Industries-Microsoft, Yotta Infrastructure and Blackstone’s Lumina CloudInfra, to build data centres at major cities such as Mumbai and Chennai.
The report further mentions that India is also becoming a hub for data centres throughout Asia-Pacific (APAC). Faced with the challenge of expanding into other developed markets such as Singapore, India is pursuing a steady growth-linked expansion that is directly linked to end-user consumption. The report asserts that edge data centres, coupled with the 5G launch, are going to create additional opportunities for expanding the data centre footprint across the country.
